Release and context
Facebook, since its founding, has aimed to be accessible across platforms. During the Windows 7 era (released 2009), users accessed Facebook via web browsers, browser plug-ins, and a smaller set of native or semi-native applications. This paper explores the user experience and technical approaches for delivering Facebook services on Windows 7, a widely used desktop OS through the 2010s. facebook for windows 7
Alex assembled a skeleton crew of five ex-Microsoft engineers who still had fond memories of Zune software and Windows Live Messenger. They worked in a windowless basement room in Seattle, far from the palm-tree culture of HQ. Their tools were Visual Studio 2010, a lot of C#, and a custom C++ library to handle the real-time Graph API calls. Release and context Facebook, since its founding, has